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“Why,” “Cravings” and Other Essential Starting Points for Ministry Leaders with No Leadership Team Jon Davis | 22 Jan 2023 We know for any organization to survive and prosper you need to have a team of people working together. Maybe you don’t currently have a team but you know you...
Five Lessons Learned From a Church Embedded in The Walt Disney Company Steven Barr | 17 Jan 2023 Could you imagine a church family of more than 1,600 people actively growing as disciples, spread across six continents, in multiple cultural settings and languages, without a building or a single paid staff?
Liturgical Mission with Winfield Bevins Jeanette Staats | 11 Jan 2023 Modern missional movements have often viewed the historic Christian traditions with suspicion. The old traditions may be beautiful, the thinking goes, but they’re too insular, focused primarily on worship and...
Blinded By the Light? It’s a good thing. Kris Beckert | 18 Dec 2022 Several years ago, the church I served held a summer outdoor movie series for the community. There were some nights we had to wait until almost 9pm to start the...
Love Languages and Church Remissioning with Michael Beck Jeanette Staats | 14 Dec 2022 What if the key to congregational renewal is knowing their “love language?” Michael Beck, in his efforts to help three different congregations experience renewal, learned that different churches are different. In...
When Discipleship Is More Than A Class Matt Lake | 12 Dec 2022 Life is filled with significant lessons. When you think back over your life, what would you say are some of the biggest lessons you have learned? Even more importantly, how...
Advent: Sometimes it’s a both/and Kris Beckert | 11 Dec 2022 One of my favorite trails in the park near my house growing up was a connector trail from the main parking area that crossed a dam and led to a...
Advent Bingo! Kris Beckert | 9 Dec 2022 Below is an example of how you can encourage your congregation to use the unique opportunities of the season to build relationships outside of your church community. What do you...
What if the best is yet to come? Kris Beckert | 4 Dec 2022 Perhaps as you’ve begun participating in church-sponsored Christmas events, lighting the Advent wreath, baking cookies, and setting up the manger scene, it hit you. You’re old. Or at least older...
From Church Plant to Dinner Church with J.D. Larson Jeanette Staats | 30 Nov 2022 J.D. Larson wanted to plant a church. So he raised support, gathered a team and launched. When COVID hit, they struggled to connect and decided to try something different. In...
Advent, Christmas and Epiphany: Finding Missional Opportunities in The Cycle of Light Jon Davis | 27 Nov 2022 I spend a lot of my life paying attention to rhythms. The seasons; Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, loom large as they usher in familiar patterns and moments that transport me...
Thanksgiving All Year Long Brad Andres | 18 Nov 2022 One evening during the Community Dinner, Roger sneaks next to me and whispers: “Hey, how do I give some money to this?” I couldn’t help but smirk. He approached me...

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